Match-safe.



, llvrrnn STATES PATENT firmen.

ROBERT C. L. STUEVE, OF CLEVELAND, OIIIO.

MATCH-SAFE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o. 638,998, dated December 12, 1899.

Serial No. 712,100. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, ROBERT C. L. STUEvE, a citizen of the United States, residing in Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Safes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to match-safes, more particularlyof the type in which there is an upper magazine and a lower projecting discharge-chamber forming a continuation of said magazine, and has for its objects, first, to provide, in connection with a match-safe of the character described, a waste-receptacle for burned matches located in a convenient position thereon, and, secondly, to provide ablank from which said match-safe may be formed, said blank being so cut and arranged as to provide a minimum of waste when cutting the same in numbers from a sheet of the material of which the article is formed. These objects I accomplish in the manner and by the means hereinafter described and claimed,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved match-safe, showing the waste-receptacle thereon. Fig. 2 is a View of one form of blank from which the article is made, showing the match-safe and Waste -receptacle formed from a single piece. Fig. 3 is a view of another form of blank in which the matchsafe and waste-receptacle are formed separate.

In the said drawings, referring to Fig. 1, the letterA denotes the magazine, consisting of a vertically-disposed chamber, and B the projecting horizontallydisposed dischargechamber at the bottom of said magazine. At the upper front edge of the magazine is located the waste-receptacle C, the same being formed integral with the front of said magazine or separate therefrom and removably connected thereto, as may be desired, and projecting forwardly therefrom and lyingdirectly above the open upper surface of the dischargechamber B. v

The operation of the device will be readily understood to be as follows: A box of matches is placed on end within the magazine A with its lower end open, the result being that the matches will escape therefrom into the discharge-chamber B, from which they may be removed as required, the feed into chamber B being automatic. The waste-receptacle C oers at all times a ready receptacle for the burned matches. It will of course be understood that the matches may be placed loosely within the magazine A and the operation will be the same.

I have shown in Fig. 2 a blank from which my match-safe may be constructed and which embodies the waste-receptacle C, formed integral therewith, the same consisting of the back piece l, the bottom 2 of chamber B, extending from the lower end thereof and coextensive in width therewith, and the front piece 3 of chamber B,'extending from the lower end of bottom 2 and also coextensive in width therewith. Extending from one side of the back piece l are the side wings 4 of the magazine A and chamber B and the front piece 5 of the magazine, said side wings consisting each of a vertical portion forming one side of magazine A and a lower horizontal extension that forms one side of chamber B, said horizontal extensions abutting against each other below the front piece 5, as shown. Extending from the upper ends of side wings 4 and front piece 5 are the back piece 6, bottom 7, front piece 8, and sides 9 of the waste-receptacle C, the first three being coextensive in width with front piece 5 and the last-named lying over side wings 4. The full lines 10 indicate where the blank is cut and dotted lines ll where it is folded, while the narrow edges l2 denote the overlapping parts.

To assemble the article, the bottom 2 is foldedhorizontally and front piece 3 folded upwardly at a slight obtuse angle therewith. The Whole piece, composing side wings 4, front 5,` and waste-receptacle C, is then folded with respect to back piece l until side wing 4 adjacent thereto is in position. The other side wing 4 is then folded into proper relation to front piece 5, and the latter then folded into its proper relation to back piece l, When by properly bending narrow edges 12 and uniting them the match-safeproper will be formed, the narrow edge at the bottom of piece 3 being bent over to form a smooth edge for the upper side of said piece 8. 4 The Wastereceptacle C may now be formed by properly bending the back, bottom, front and sides of IOO the same and uniting them by means of the narrow edges 12 thereon.

In Fig. 3 I have sh own the match-safe proper and waste-receptacle C formed separate, an overlapping edge 13 being formed ou back piece 6 for attachment over the upper edge of front piece 5, While sides 9 are preferably formed coextensive with bottom 7.

It will be understood that the article may be made from any suitable materialsuch as sheet metal, paper, or cardboard-and when made from sheet metal the outer side of front piece 3, for instance, may be roughened, or when made from paper or cardboard may be sanded to provide a friction-surface for igniting the matches.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A match-safe, consisting of a verticallydisposed chamber forming an upper magazine, a lowerhorizontally-arranged dischargechamber into which said magazine opens, said discharge-chamber projecting forward of said magazine and open at its upper surface, and a waste-receptacle located at the upper front edge of the magazine, projecting forwardly therefrom, and lying directly above the open upper surface of the discharge-chamber.

2. A match-safe blank, composed of a single piece of material, and consisting of a substantially rectangular main portion embodying thelmatch-safe back, 4the magazine-front, and the match-safe sides, a substantially rectanguiar projection extending downwardly from the match-safe back and comprising the bottom and front of the discharge-chamber, and a substantially rectangular projection extending upwardly from the magazine-front and match-safe sides and comprising the waste-receptacle.

In testimony wherof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses,

ROBERT C. L. STUEVE. Witnesses:

A. W. BARBER, J. J. LAIsY. 

